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Ariana Grande didn’t hold back when it came to offering hints about her love life on her new album, Eternal Sunshine, released on Friday, March 8.
The 13-song record opened with “Intro (End of the World),” which appeared to offer some insight into how her marriage to Dalton Gomez ended and her relationship with Ethan Slater started.
“How can I tell if I’m in the right relationship? / Aren’t you really s’posed to know that s–t? / Feel it in your bones and own that s–t? I don’t know / Then I had this interaction I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout for like five weeks,” she sings. “Wonder if he’s thinkin’ ’bout it too and smiling / Wonder if he knows that that’s been what’s inspirin’ me / Wonder if he’s judgin’ me like I am right now.”
News broke in July 2023 that Grande, 30, had started dating her Wicked costar Slater, 31. At the time, a source told Us that Grande and now ex-husband Gomez had been having “having some issues for months” and had quietly separated. Grande ultimately filed for divorce from Gomez in September 2023 after two years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized the following month.
Slater and estranged wife Lilly Jay are still in the midst of divorce proceedings, with sources conflicting over the timeline of when their split occurred. “Ariana and Dalton split in January, and Ethan is separated from his wife,” a source told Us in July 2023, while another insisted “Ethan sat Lilly down a few days before the news broke about him and Ariana and said that he wanted a divorce. Lilly never saw it coming.”
Grande has not spoken publicly about her relationship with Slater — or her split from Gomez, for that matter — but Eternal Sunshine is “her side of the story,” a source told Us exclusively before the album officially dropped.
“Ariana thinks these songs will provide a lot of insight for her fans,” the insider added, and it seems that’s exactly what they did.
Scroll to uncover all the apparent references to Grande and Slater’s relationship in Eternal Sunshine:
‘Intro (End of the World)’
Aside from the start of their story, Grande seemingly alluded to being honest about her feelings for Slater.
“I’d rather tell the truth,” she sings on the track. “Than make it worse for you.”
‘Eternal Sunshine’
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The album’s title song referenced the “separate scenes” in her life with Gomez since their marriage ended.
“I showed you all my demons, all my lies / Yet you played me like Atari / Now it’s like I’m lookin’ in the mirror,” she sings in the chorus. ‘Hope you feel alright when you’re in her / I found a good boy and he’s on my side.”
She appeared to sing about Slater being in Gomez’s bed and “layin’ on [her] chest.”
‘Supernatural’
Grande appears possessed by Slater’s love, at least according to this song.
“Don’t want nobody else around me / Just need you right here,” she sings. “You’re like the only thing that I see / It’s crystal-clear.”
‘The Boy Is Mine’
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